January 19, 2024 (Friday)

American sports publication Sports Illustrated lays off the majority of its staff after its publishing license is revoked by the Authentic Brands Group, the owner of the SI brand.

Six people are killed and many more injured by traffic collisions across Guinea during celebrations over the national football team's victory against Gambia during a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations match.

More than 70 people are killed during the collapse of a gold mine in Kangaba, Mali.

North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon delivered by an unmanned underwater drone system in the Sea of Japan.

The European Court of Human Rights announces that the Republic of Ireland has launched legal action against the United Kingdom over a law that gives amnesty to soldiers and militants involved in the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Several Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are indicted in a scandal involving misuse of campaign funds, including incumbent lawmakers Yasutada Ōno and Yaichi Tanigawa, both of whom resign from the party following their indictments.

The Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Kōchikai, and Shisuikai factions of the Liberal Democratic Party all announce their intention to dissolve as a result of the scandal.

Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador.

Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada is found guilty on charges of bribery, but acquitted on charges of plunder, over the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund. Estrada is sentenced to eight to nine years for direct bribery and two to three years for indirect bribery, and is also ordered to pay a fine of more than US$50,000.

Four people are found dead at a residential property in Costessey, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Norfolk Constabulary confirms they received an emergency call from the property, which they ignored, and has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

José Alberto García Vilano, a leader in the Gulf Cartel, is arrested in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

The JAXA lunar probe SLIM achieves the first-ever lunar soft landing of a Japanese spacecraft.